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Blowin' through the changes (The Sacramento Bee)
Jerry Martini performs with local blues-rock band Stonehouse recently at a Rancho Cordova nightclub. Although he was once a funk pioneer with the legendary Sly & the Family Stone, he has always considered himself a saxophone player, not a star.
Music Review: Shaw-Blades -- Influence (Blogcritics.org)
Tommy Shaw and Jack Blades have come together for a second time as the duo Shaw-Blades in order to pay homage to the songs that have influenced the directions they have each taken with their own musical careers, by releasing the eleven-track deep album, Influence. In a press release accompanying the album?s release, Shaw and Blades sum up the thoughts behind getting back together after the ...
Musicians' cover story (The Record)
WHO: Shaw Blades. WHAT: Pop-rock. WHEN: 8 p.m. Wednesday. WHERE: B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 W. 42nd St., Manhattan; 212-997-4144 or bbkingblues.com.
CD reviews (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
POP/ROCK Amy Winehouse, "Back to Black" (Republic) At first, the songs on Winehouse's second album could almost be unknown soul oldies from the 1950s and 1960s. The drums, strings and horns have a vintage production style, and Winehouse's tart voice and sly, sultry phrasing sound largely unprocessed. Then the anachronisms kick in, from current slang and beats that hint at hip-hop to four-letter ...
PAGE X: THE STAGE IS SET (Asbury Park Press)
Groupies, private limos, M&Ms sans your least-favorite color . . . there are all kinds of perks to being a rock star. But having your name mentioned in a movie doesn't happen to every rock star. "It was cute. I was flattered," said guitarist Tommy Shaw, recipient of an on-screen shout-out from Adam Sandler in the 1999 comedy "Big Daddy." Shaw recalled that prior to the film's release, he'd been ...
Music Reviews: Rob Halford, Leaves Eyes, Sirenia, Shaw/Blades, Therion, and T...
The pile continues to grow which means I have an excuse to have a continuing sound-track to anything I do in the flat and out. There is quite a bit of diversity in this lot from the laid-back acoustic groove of Shaw-Blades to the balls out old-school thrash of Toxik. Halford: Metal God Essentials Volume 1 Now that Rob is back in Judas Priest, working on an album based on the life of ...
YEAH YEAH YEAH (Anchorage Press)
It's all kilts, libraries and rock 'n' roll in a new disc that pairs hip Scottish musicians and hip Scottish writers.
Sidewinder Music and VH1 Classic Records to Release VH1 Classic 'Metal Mania ...
Metal fans have spoken, so get ready to turn the volume up to "11" as Sidewinder Music and VH1 Classic Records will be releasing VH1 Classic Metal Mania Stripped Volume 3, on Tuesday, March 6th.